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NZ Plants
Ptychomitrium australe
Family: Ptychomitriaceae
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Plants growing on a basalt wall
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Plants
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Plant
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Leaves
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Detached leaf
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Leaf, detail of thickened margins and broad vein (nerve)
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Leaves when dry
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Young sporophyte
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Capsule with calyptra covering
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Capsule, calyptra shed exposing the operculum lid
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Capsule, operculum shed exposing peristome teeth
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Capsule, peristome teeth
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Ptychomitrium australe is a short tufted moss bearing dark green leaves with a prominent nerve (vein). The leaves are tightly curled when dry. The cylindrical capsule has a fringed calyptra covering.
Widespread in New Zealand on rock.
